chiefdom · Arabia and the Gulf
Muflihi Sheikhdom
Origins
The Muflihi sheikhdom, with its seat at Al Jurba, lay in the highlands near the Yafa sultanates north-east of Aden. It emerged as a distinct tribal polity around 1800. Its history before British contact is almost unrecorded.
Rule and society
The sheikhs ruled a small farming and herding population by tribal custom. The territory became part of the Aden Protectorate through treaties with Britain and joined the Federation of South Arabia in the mid-1960s.
Decline and legacy
After the National Liberation Front took power in 1967, the sheikhdom was abolished and incorporated into South Yemen.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Muflihi SheikhdomSouth Yemen 1967 CE – 1990 CE
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- Muflihi Sheikhdom was part of Aden Protectorate1914 CE – 1967 CE
- Muflihi Sheikhdom was part of Federation of South Arabia1965 CE – 1967 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Muflihi Sheikhdom. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/muflihi-sheikhdom
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